365 - Catch up!

It's been a while so a quick catch up of the 365. It's proving harder than I thought because I don't seem to have time to actually think too hard about the shots, however, I will try harder!

Don't forget, if you want to see a bigger version, just click on the photo and it'll take you to my Flickr page....

22nd Feb - Waiting for the bus, it started to snow (again) but the sun was painting the clouds with a lovely reddish hue. This didn't capture it. :))




23rd Feb - On the way into work, between buses. There was a little patch of ground undisturbed by people but it looked like the birds had been taking part in a waltz!



24th Feb - Nom Nom Nom. Sometimes, just sometimes, nothing else will do. I have gone for months without eating Quavers but then all of a sudden, I MUST have them. The 24th was one of those days!



25th Feb - Wall at Work. I like to print my photos up and I stuck them up at work to make the office a little brighter!



26th Feb - Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. One of the first shots I took on Friday - I haven't had time to look at the rest properly but will soon.

003 and 004 of 365

This first shot was taken yesterday when I was a little rushed off my feet. Yes, it's an orange. I've tried to make it as interesting as possible but it hasn't really worked... :))




This one was taken today on my way to get the bus home. It's in the centre of Newcastle and is a new building that they are finishing off. I wish I could have found something more interesting to take a shot of but that's why this is a challenge!

365

Okies, the 365 starts on 14th February 2010. I have my little compact camera now to carry around with me and I have been scribbling down ideas that I can do in the house or near to where I live should I be unable to come up with a shot while out and about.

I'm looking forward to it. I don't want it to be just snapshots so will have to think creatively and make a bog standard shot of a household item a little different to include it in the 365. I am hoping to use the 365 as a chance to improve both my technical skills and my editing skills. We'll see.

I probably won't be able to upload a shot a day so will try and upload once a week. I certainly will be taking a shot a day for it though.

If anyone wants to see my other photos, then please head to my flickr page:-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dm82/

I think that as well as improving my photography, the 365 is a challenge which sounds quite easy to complete but may be harder to actually do. I have been thinking about doing it for a while when I realised I was getting bored with photography. I have lots of photos in my archive waiting to be edited but there wasn't really any challenge in getting them. I used to go and just take snaps without really thinking too much.

When I was given a 50mm lens for Christmas, it sparked my interest in photography again. It's quite a challenge to get it perfectly in focus without auto-focus to rely on. Especially when you're as impatient as me.

Looking for more to get my teeth into, I set up a group on Flickr where people can take part in a challenge a month. This month, the challenge is "Tell a Story in 3 Shots". You can read more about it and the rules at Flickr:-

http://www.flickr.com/groups/nemonthlychallenge/

I would discuss my idea for my "story" here but I never know which Flickerites will be reading.... Dave... lol

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It feels strange to use this blog again because I have another one on a different blog site and on there, I write quite freely about the things that are happening in my day-to-day life, as well as sharing photos and my writing.

I am part of a community on that blog site but here, I'm a stranger. I think I found it harder to integrate myself on this site and therefore left this one and tried the other one. So we'll see how it goes this time around!